Former senior political advisor in east China expelled from Communist Party for corruption

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BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhua)-- Song Chenguang, former senior political advisor of east China`s Jiangxi Province, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and dismissed from public office for severe discipline violations, the CPC`s disciplinary watchdog said Friday.

Song, vice chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People`s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), had been under investigation for allegedly taking bribes, the Central Commission for the Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of the CPC said in a statement.

CCDI found that Song, also former head of the United Front Work Department of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the CPC, had used his position to seek interests for other people and had accepted huge sums of money and goods and had "lived a corrupt life," said the statement.

Song`s illegal gains have been confiscated and his case has been referred for prosecution, according to the CCDI.

Song, 59, graduated from China University of Political Science and Law. He became vice chairman of the CPPCC Jiangxi Provincial Committee in January 2008.